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Subaru Sumo vans: how many are still registered?

74still registered

Subaru Sumo vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 3,085 (1994 Q4) - 2.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 69 in 2030.

73 of the survivors (98.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

2.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 3,085

Declared off-road (SORN)73 · 98.6%
Disappearing per year1.3%
Projected 2030~69

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Subaru Sumo nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Subaru Sumo cars3still reg.

By year

All 74 surviving Subaru Sumo vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 22 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 77.0% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1988 → 1994
20100
1988198919901991199219931994
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On the road over time

Total Subaru Sumo vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

3,085
1994log scale2026: 75
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Subaru Sumo vans split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

901cc to 1000cc30 vans · 40.5%
1101cc to 1200cc44 vans · 59.4%

Fuel

Petrol74 · 100%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.